This book discusses the history of environmental science and climate change, and the initiation and development of different parameters determining climate changes. The account of the history of such changes and turmoil in India and abroad starts in the prehistoric period, long before the emergence of “Rigveda”, the first human written work. The book describes the writings of Aristotle and …
Preface -- Chapter 1: Motivation -- Chapter 2: State-of-the-Art -- Chapter 3: Objectives -- Chapter 4: Physical Background -- Chapter 5: Data -- Chapter 6: Methodology -- Chapter 7: A Statistical Model based on Non-stationary Predictors -- Chapter 8: Interdecadal changes in the SST-driven teleconnections with the Sahel -- Chapter 9: Modulation of the non-stationary Mediterranean-Sahel teleconne…
Chapter 1-An introduction to the climate-smart agriculture papers -- Chapter 2-Future climate projections in Africa: where are we headed? -- Chapter 3-Climate change and infectious livestock diseases: the case of rift valley fever and tick-borne diseases -- Chapter 4-Large scale crop suitability assessment under future climate using the ecocrop model: the case of six provinces in Angola’sPlan…
Linear Elastic Stress Field in Cracked Bodies -- Elastic-Plastic Stress Field in Cracked Bodies -- Crack Growth Based on Energy Balance -- Critical Stress Intensity Factor Fracture Criterion -- J-Integral and Crack Opening Displacement Fracture Criteria -- Strain Energy Density Failure Criterion: Mixed-Mode Crack Growth -- Dynamic Fracture -- Fatigue and Environment-Assisted Fracture -- Microme…
Geoenvironmental Risk Assessment, Management and Sustainability -- Geotechnical Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials -- Transport, Persistence and Fate of Pollutants -- Contaminated Land and Remediation Technology -- Landfills of Solid Wastes -- Engineering Barriers -- Application of Geosynthetics in Geo-environmental Engineering -- Geoenvironmental Aspect in Energy Geotechnology -- Tailings …
Geoenvironmental Risk Assessment, Management and Sustainability -- Geotechnical Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials -- Transport, Persistence and Fate of Pollutants -- Contaminated Land and Remediation Technology -- Landfills of Solid Wastes -- Engineering Barriers -- Application of Geosynthetics in Geo-environmental Engineering -- Geoenvironmental Aspect in Energy Geotechnology -- Tailings …
Geoenvironmental Risk Assessment, Management and Sustainability -- Geotechnical Recycling and Reuse of Waste Materials -- Transport, Persistence and Fate of Pollutants -- Contaminated Land and Remediation Technology -- Landfills of Solid Wastes -- Engineering Barriers -- Application of Geosynthetics in Geo-environmental Engineering -- Geoenvironmental Aspect in Energy Geotechnology -- Tailings …
Preface. Canine Explorers in the Antarctic -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- List of Characters and Countries -- Notes on Norwegian and English Names -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Dogs, the Arctic, and Amundsen’s Clandestine Switch to the Antarctic -- Part I. The Strategic Plan, The Secret Ingredient -- Chapter 2. The Vital Importance of Sledge Dogs -- Chapter 3. Two “Eskimos” to Care for Good…
Fate and Persistence of Herbicide Residue in India -- Environmental fate of herbicides use in Central India -- Environmental Aspects of Herbicides Use under Intensive Agriculture Scenario of Punjab -- Herbicide Residues in Rice–Rice System in Kerala -- Dissipation and Impact of Herbicides on Soil Properties in Tamil Nadu -- Herbicide Residues under Potato-Pearlmillet Cropping System in Wester…
Preface -- PART I. Farm Bill Basics -- What is the Farm Bill?- Why Does the Farm Bill Matter?- Whom Does the Farm Bill Benefit?- How Does the Farm Bill Work?- PART II. The History of Food Policy -- Origins of the Farm BillChapter 6. The Changing Face of Agriculture -- The Changing Face of Hunger -- The Conservation Era -- PART III. Key Policy Issues -- Crop Subsidies -- Nutrition, SNAP, and Hea…